Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
2000	4,158	232,064	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,095	216,017	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,172	211,101	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,501	185,316	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,474	207,468	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,690	192,478	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,861	172,784	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,029	245,150	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,086	145,699	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,263	144,049	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,329	1,952,126

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Animal Collective, Muse and The White Stripes.

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Frou Frou

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

427

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

591

Overall Rank:

3,437

Average Rating:

74 (40 votes)

Comments:

592.

Insignificance

Jim O'Rourke

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

424

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

592

Overall Rank:

3,458

Average Rating:

79 (81 votes)

Comments:

593.

Accelerate

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

424

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

593

Overall Rank:

3,461

Average Rating:

70 (259 votes)

Comments:

594.

Dance Of Death

Iron Maiden

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

423

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

594

Overall Rank:

3,472

Average Rating:

71 (174 votes)

Comments:

595.

The Remote Part

Idlewild

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

422

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

595

Overall Rank:

3,475

Average Rating:

75 (74 votes)

Comments:

596.

Junior

Röyksopp

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

422

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

596

Overall Rank:

3,478

Average Rating:

76 (57 votes)

Comments:

597.

Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)

Slipknot

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

420

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

597

Overall Rank:

3,484

Average Rating:

72 (164 votes)

Comments:

598.

Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)

Marilyn Manson

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

420

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

598

Overall Rank:

3,488

Average Rating:

68 (147 votes)

Comments:

599.

Trouble

Ray LaMontagne

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

419

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

599

Overall Rank:

3,494

Average Rating:

77 (115 votes)

Comments:

600.

Didn't It Rain

Songs: Ohia

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

419

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

600

Overall Rank:

3,498

Average Rating:

78 (72 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	99	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	220	22%
	56	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	10	1%

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